# Paul King

> Paul A. King is President and CEO of Stanford Medicine Children's Health and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, where he has led a 5,200-person pediatric and obstetric enterprise since January 2019. He calls himself a 'professional crap-cutter' and ran the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan before heading west.

- **Role:** President and CEO at Stanford Medicine Children's Health / Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
- **Organizations:** Stanford Medicine Children's Health, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Children's Hospital Association, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., Business Administration and Economics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, M.A., Health Care Administration, University of Iowa, Iowa City
- **Known for:** Drove C.S. Mott Children's Hospital to the highest patient satisfaction and employee engagement scores in the University of Michigan Health System, Chaired the Children's Hospital Association in 2022, Serves as Vice-Chair of the Board of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles

## Career timeline

- **1980s-1990s** — Senior management roles at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester and Scottsdale) and Samaritan Physicians Center
- **1990s-2000s** — Leads Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Sports Medicine Clinic in Los Angeles
- **2000s** — President and CEO of Pediatric Management Group, the 550-physician practice affiliated with Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- **2013** — Named Executive Director of C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital at the University of Michigan
- **2018-11** — Named President and CEO of Stanford Medicine Children's Health
- **2019-01** — Begins role at Stanford Medicine Children's Health
- **2022** — Elected Chair of the Children's Hospital Association Board of Trustees

## Achievements

- Drove C.S. Mott Children's Hospital to the highest patient satisfaction and employee engagement scores in the University of Michigan Health System
- Chaired the Children's Hospital Association in 2022
- Serves as Vice-Chair of the Board of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles
- Certified Medical Practice Executive

## Latest updates

- **2022-01** — Elected Chair of the Children's Hospital Association Board of Trustees
- **2024-10** — Stanford Medicine Children's Health reported in its latest financial cycle with annual revenue near $2.78B

## Links

- Website: https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/about/paul-king.html
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceo-paul-a-king/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/StanfordChild
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stanfordchildrens

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